The following are my tweets cataloguing my reading of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom in various bookstores around NYC.

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Freedom by Franzen. (can i tweet the whole book? Illegal?) Page 1:
1 Oct

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Up to page 29 in FREEDOM by Franzen. Will continue to tweet my progress, reading @ occasional bookstores as I wander NYC in the weeks ahead.
1 Oct

 

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Read Franzen's FREEDOM in 3 different UWS bookstores today. Digging Patty's auto-bio and finding the best stores to read in. Up to page 60.
2 Oct

 

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Up to page 100 in Franzen's Freedom knocking out 40 pages at a downtown bookstore. Patty's college years continue. Still digging it.
5 Oct

 

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Up to 118 in Franzen's FREEDOM. After 24 hours with Richard, Patty knew the rock-n-roll life was not for her. Back to Hibbing & Walter.
7 Oct

 

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Enjoyed 1st bit of Chapter 3 in Franzen's FREEDOM about Patty's folks not inspiring/raising her to be creative:
10 Oct

 

 

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Up to 145 in Franzen's FREEDOM. Another bookstore coffee shop, this 1 in midtown. Nice bit utilizing a scene I like from "Don't Look Back."
10 Oct

 

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Stopped at a midtown spot for a minute to climb to 155 in Franzen's FREEDOM. Slowly but surely, reading in bookstores.
18 Oct

 

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Plodding thru Franzen's FREEDOM, today in a midtown bookstore. Patty slept with Richard. So disappointing. Up to the next chapter, page 191.
24 Oct

 

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Quick stop takes me to pg. 200 in Franzen's FREEDOM, NYU bookstore. New chapter, new perspective, from Patty to Richard, jarringly cool.
27 Oct

 

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Up to page 232 in Franzen's FREEDOM. Still reading in Manhattan bookstores and, to form a pseudo-responsibility, tweeting the progress.
7 Nov

 

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Up to page 250 in Franzen's FREEDOM. Reading for free in Manhattan bookstores, today in midtown. Losing interest but plowing forward.
14 Nov

 

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Up to 290 in Franzen's FREEDOM. Free reading in NYC bookstores. Enjoyed this last chapter LEAST of all so far. Still hopeful for the rest.
21 Nov

 

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Up to 345 in Franzen's FREEDOM. Reading for free in NYC bookstores. Losing interest in every character & now wondering if that's the point.
26 Nov, 2010

 

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Up to 400 in Franzen's FREEDOM. (Freely reading in NYC bookstores.) Continuing to withhold negative judgment, but it's very soap opera-ish.
12 Jan, 2011

 

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Up to 443 in Franzen's FREEDOM, reading freely in NYC bookstores. Started getting a little better, now down the homestretch.
1 Feb

 

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Up to 485 in Franzen's FREEDOM, reading freely in NYC bookstores.
6 Feb


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Up to 507 in Franzen's FREEDOM, reading freely in NYC bookstores. Today: Union Square Brns & Nble. Tempted to finish but leaving a bit more.
9 Feb